Agri SA says that the
choices on labour unrest will be decisive for South Africa. It says in a statement that it is evident that the wage and related challenges are not exclusively, but mainly that of seasonal workers who have to earn their annual income over a period of a few months.
On the education front, something really needs to be done to jack up our education system after the latest results show that
maths and science skills remain poor, with grade nine pupils recording a dismal average score of 12.7% in mathematics and 35% in first additional language in the Department of Basic Education's second annual national assessments of pupils' mathematics and literacy abilities.
Such results will have a massive impact on school-leavers' ability to find employment.
On the tourism front, Chris Moerdyk asks:
Is SA being priced out of the tourist market? As comments on the article seem to have it, the answer could be a big "Yes!" and remember, once tourists have been ripped off - or feel they have been ripped off - they will never come back, and they will tell everyone they know.
Finally, Amelia Jones reckons that the
proposed BEE amendments are nonsensical, immoral and counter-productive and will hamper social development efforts in the Western Cape and elsewhere.
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kulula.com has announced that it will now offer flights between O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and East London. From 28 November 2012 customers can start booking seats on this route, with the first flight taking place on 1 March 2013. 
Low cost airline Mango will launch daily return flights between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth as well as Cape Town and Port Elizabeth from 5 December this year. Initially, the airline will operate one return flight daily between the respective cities using leased-in aircraft until early next year when Mango expects to add additional capacity to its own fleet. 
The first phase of the R23.4bn new multi-product pipeline project between Durban and Gauteng will be completed within budget by December next year, a revised date following significant cost and time overruns. 
A case by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) to have e-tolling scrapped is based on a sham, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday (28 November). 
The public outcry against the tolling of Gauteng's highways was related to the tariffs, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday (27 November). 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson is guilty of violating the executive ethics code and is getting away with it, the DA said on Monday (3 December). 
